Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Government of Canada is already spending plenty of money on the City of Toronto and won’t be coming to the table with additional funds to address the city’s fiscal crisis.
In a letter to Mayor Olivia Chow, Freeland said the federal government will continue to be “a committed partner for the City of Toronto” but added that “the ability of the federal government to spend is not infinite.”
Chow, who was just elected mayor weeks ago in special byelection, inherited a city facing difficult financial circumstances. The city has also petitioned the federal government recently to spend more to take care of refugees and asylum seekers who have been turning to the municipal shelter system. Toronto’s many Liberal MPs, of which Freehand is the highest ranking, had mostly been silent on the issue as the feds faced criticism.
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